Slicing-machine



C. A. DIES.

SLICING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 12, 1919.

Patented Feb. 24,1920.

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C. A. DIES.

SLIGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 12, 1919..

Patented Feb. 24, 1920.

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.SLICING-MAGHINE.

jTo allwholm it may concern..-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES Dims, a citizen of'the United States of America, anjd-ra resident-of Chicago, in the county of Cook, State of Illinois; have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Slicing-Machines, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to the type of slicing machines in which a straight cutting blade-is drawn in a-diag'onal direction through the fsubstanceto be sliced, andlhas for its obj ect To .p ov clea sim lie and :efli'cient structural formation and association of parts of a. durable and economical construction, and adapted for ready and rapid operation, all'as .willhereina'fter more fully appear.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a plan. view of aslicing machine embodying the present invention adapted to a power driven means for continuous operation.

Fig. 2'is a front elevationof the Same.

Fig. 3 is ,a detail horizontal section on line,.m 'w ,'1iig.2.. c 1

Fig. A: is ,a plan view showing the inven 'tion adapted tolallever operating. means.

Fig. 5 isv a frontele-vation ofwthe same.

Fig. 6is a detail longitudinal section on line m m, Fig. 4.

Like reference-numerals indicate like parts in the several views.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the bed plate of the machine formed with the usual vertical guide plate 2 near one side to provide a guide and side abutment for the substance operated on.

3 designates the cutter blade or knife arranged transversely of the bed plate 1 and carried and guided by means now to be described.

4 designates a pair of side members or standards secured to the bed plate 1 in separated relation to each other and in transversely spaced relation to the vertical guide plate 2 aforesaid. The standards 4 are formed with guide slots or tracks 5 in inclined relation'to' the horizontal plane of the bed plate 1 of the machine, and in the present construction as shown in Figs. 2 and 5, each slot or track comprises two angular portions 5 and 5 with the upper and outer angular portion 5 having a greater inclination from a horizontal plane than the s ecification of Lettrsffatent.

Patented F-eb. 24, 1920.

Application filed February 12, 1919. Serial No..276,4 73.

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ti'on 5". Such formation of the guide slots or tracks "5 in c nection with t e radiu links .7 .hereinafter described, are adapt d to impart a" very ,efiect'ive rocking movement t the cntter bla'de .3 iniits cutt n movement diagonally throughithe material 6 designates a .crossrpinsecured to .fone

end of the cutter blade .3 and hax'dngsli'din engagement in the inclined slots 5 aforesai.

to constitute the guiding and .eonnecting means for such end of the cutter blade.

7 designates a pair of radius links between the upper ends .of which the otherlendv of the cutter blade .3V is .pivotally. attaflhed by a cross-pin .8. Attheir' lower ends the links 7 are .pivotally connected to ,a..pivot.bracket 9 fixed on one side of the bed 'plate of machine asshown. V

l0 designates an operating hand -lever "fixedlyat'tached' .to the links .7 inany usual manner andkadapted to impart a siw' ii motion to said links in a powerful. aide? fective manner and so that with aadownward pivotal motion of {said links aldownward diagonal movement ,is impartedlto the adjacent end of the cutter blade .3, and simultaneously therewith the cross {pin 6 and inclined slots .5 are adapted to impose ,a like movement upon ,the otherend of the'cutterbladeflandin consequence will preserve an approximately horizontal position during its movement in an inclined path through thematerial or article operated on.

In the structure embodying a constantly operating or power driven machine, shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings 11 designates a driving shaft revolubly mounted in bearing brackets 12 on the side of the vertical guide plate 2 and provided with an operating hand wheel 13 or other driving connection. The shaft 11 is also provided with a crank disk 14, the crank pin 15 of which is adapted for operative engagement in an elongated slot 16 formed in one of the radiuslinks 7 as shown. The links 7 as well as the other parts of the continuously operatable machine just described, will be of a like construction to that heretofore described in connection with the lever operated machine.

'17 designates a stop or gage pin having a sliding movement in a horizontal orifice in the guide plate 2 and disposed at the required distance in advance of the cutter blade toconstitutela stop or gage for the material operated on, as the same recelves a forward step-by-stepmovement by hand 7 in a continued use of the machine.

18 designates a spring preferably of the plate type, secured at one end to the guide plate 2 and at the other end to the outer portion of the gage pin 17, with a normal tendency to retract said pin 17 from the path of the substance operated on.

19 designates an operating lug or ear on one of the radius links 7, which when said 7 links and associated parts of the machine are in a raised condition, is adapted to con- "head having a vertical sliding adjustment on the angle bracket 20 by means of a clamping screw 22 and elongated slot as shown. In such construction the lower horizontal flange 23 is adapted to engage beneath the leaf ortop of the table. on which the slicing machine rests, with a view to provide a convenient and substantial means for securing the machine in place in a detachable manner.

I Having thus fully described my said invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1-. In. a slicing machine having a side guide plate and atransversely movablecutter having a guiding radius link at one end, the, combination of a stop pin having transverse movement in said guide plate, ands. I

spring tendingtto retract said stop pin, the stop pin having operative relation with the aforesaid radius link so as to be advanced by said linkiin a final movement thereof, substantially as set forth.

2. In a slicing machine, the combination of a bed plate having a vertical side guide plate, a standard secured to said bed plate in transversely spaced relation to the side guide plate andformed with an inclined guide slot, the outer portion of said slot having I a greater inclination from a horizontal plane than the inner portion of the slot, a cutter blade one end of which has guiding engagement with said slot, a radius link pivotally attached to the bed plate and pivotally con nected to the other endof the aforesaid cutter blade, and means for imparting move ment to said radius link, substantially as set forth.

3. In a slicing-machine, the combination of a bed plate having a vertical side guide plate, a standard secured to said bed plate in transversely spaced relation tothe side guide plate and formed with an inclined guide slot, the outer portion of said slot having a greater inclination from a horizontal plane than the inner portion of the slot, a

cutter blade one end of which has guiding engagement with said slot, a radius link pivotally attached to the bed plate and pivotally connected to the other end of the aforesaid cutter blade, and means for imparting movement to said link, 'the same comprising a driving shaft, means for rotating said shaft, and a crank disk carried by said shaft, the link aforesaid'having an elongated slot for engagement with the crank pin of said crank disk, substantially as set forth.

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 1st day of February, 1919.

CHARLES A. DIES. 

